New Delhi: Two days after Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal tendered his resignation as the chief minister of Delhi, the party geared up for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and declared its first list of candidates on Sunday.

Medha Patkar, Anjali Damania, Yogendra Yadav, Meera Sanyal and Kumar Vishwas are among 20 people who feature in the first list of the Aam Aadmi Party`s candidates for the Lok Sabha elections announced here today.

"Today we have announced the names of 20 candidates. The selection of all these candidates has been done on the basis of their work for the society," AAP leader Manish Sisodia said at a press conference here.

The over a year-old AAP had made a stunning debut in last year`s Delhi assembly elections, bagging 28 seats. It went on to form the government that lasted 49 days.

Social activist Medha Patkar will contest from Mumbai Northeast constituency while former banker Meera Sanyal will fight the electoral battle from Mumbai South, which is currently represented by Milind Deora of the Congress. From Mumbai Northwest, Mayank Gandhi will be the party candidate.

Anjali Damania will contest from Nagpur constituency, a stronghold of former BJP president Nitin Gadkari.

Sisodia said: "While choosing the candidates, we have tried to prevent corrupt and people with criminal charges from entering politics."

AAP leader Yogendra Yadav will contest from Gurgaon in Haryana while poet-turned-politician Kumar Vishwas will be fielded from Uttar Pradesh`s Amethi constituency, which is a Congress stronghold and currently represented by its vice president Rahul Gandhi.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh also announced that Yogendra Yadav will be in charge of the party`s efforts for Haryana`s assembly polls, which are scheduled later this year.

In the first list, over a dozen candidates are to fight from constituencies that are currently represented by the Congress. Only one BJP-held constituency figures in the list.

The AAP`s first list of Lok Sabha candidates includes party spokesperson and former journalist Ashutosh, who will contest from Chandni Chowk, a constituency currently represented by Law Minister Kapil Sibal. Another journalist, Jarnail Singh, who hurled a shoe at then home minister P Chidambaram, will be in the fray from west Delhi.